It’s long been believed that livestock and global warming can be linked to each other. A new study, however, suggests that people might have been too conservative in estimating the amount of methane released by cows and other animals, and its impact on our environment.
As noted by the Washington Post, it is generally accepted that carbon dioxide, the “most important warming agent” in climate change, mainly originates from the burning of fossil fuels, with other factors, such as deforestation, playing a part in these emissions. Methane, on the other hand, comes from more ambiguous sources, which makes the recent rise in atmospheric methane levels especially concerning. Some experts have pointed to fracking as the main reason behind this rise, while others have suggested that agriculture should be blamed for higher atmospheric methane levels.
In a study published Thursday in the journal Carbon Balance and…
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Exposing the Big Game 
My first comment? No shit Sherlock. The best way to be an environmentalist? Go Vegan. Only whole, plant-based food. Save your health, and save the planet. For me, the animals come first, but boy, is my health a great second thought.
Let us not shift responsibilities. Livestock is one, certainly, but so are others tht we all know about. Stop eating meat and support deforestation and mining? Is that the objective of the argument?
Right, it’s not like the cows are overbreeding themselves–let’s not loose sight of whose “product” they are…
Every time I see a picture of a group of cows grazing, regardless of the reason the picture is used, looking at the faces of the animals in the picture all I can think of is their gruesome fate.